Saturday, December 26, 2009

Christmas Eve and Day 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas!
Daddy helping Lily into her fancy fur coat. Nana bought the coat for Lily at a yard sale. I told her she was gorgeous, so she went around saying "I'm gorgeous!"
Mindy stopped by to say hi and wish us a Merry Christmas
Uncle Jamie showing Lily how to work her new play "ipod"
Lily handing Uncle Jamie his gift from her and Dillon
He got a neck massager
Nana got a new cookbook
Dillon is the best gift of all!
He liked to eat the paper. We really had to watch him

Lily got this little puppy. She came in a carrying case and Daddy helped to name her Princess
Daddy helping Dillon open a new driver toy
Uncle Jamie likes his massager a lot
Lily got a tent!
Lily and Dillon playing in Lily's tent. She wanted him out after about 3 minutes.
Papa opening his gift

Lily helping Papa open another gift.
Dillon on his new Mickey Mouse car
Cutie! Mommy and Lily opening a gift together
Nana bought Lily and I matching aprons and mittens so we can bake together!
After we opened gifts, we went for a drive to North Canton to see a pretty house someone told us about. It was amazing. It was one of those houses programmed to music. Then we packed up and headed home to go to bed. Lily left Santa some cookies and milk. And carrots for his reindeer. We read the Night Before Christmas and then put the kids to bed around 10.
When we woke up around 8, we saw that Santa had come to our house. It looks like everyone was good this year!
Santa enjoyed his cookies and milk, and the reindeer ate their carrots.
Samba Claus got a huge bone
Lily helping Daddy open the present from her and Dillon
I got a new camera!
Anson looking at the figures I bought him for the back window of the van. They are the little decals for everyone in the family. He really liked that gift.
Lily got Candyland. Her first board game.
I think I was playing with my camera so that's why Anson is looking at me like this.
Uncle Jeremy bought us and the kids a giant new swingset! Lily was trying to help carry it.
Dillon crawling to Heather
Heather opening her gift
Uncle Jeremy opening his gift
I really like this photo of Dil. He's in the little Elmo Christmas outfit that Gigi bought Lily for her first Christmas. We miss you, Gigi!
Lily and Dillon were up until 10:00 last night. They were both so wound up. Slept in this morning and both napping now.
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Dillon Crawling; Making Christmas Cookies

Dillon is on the move...all weekend he was rocking and taking a half of a crawl here and there. But today he really took off and is crawling across the floor.

Samba ClausDaddy and Dillon hanging Dillon's ornament on the tree...

Sunday evening we made Christmas cookies
Lily did really well helping to make the cut-outs.
Her favorite part was eating the sprinkles.
Dillon watched us
We made a mess!
Lily "called" Nana to tell her what we were doing.
Other random photos and videos...

We are so excited for Christmas this year! We can't wait to see Lily's face on Christmas morning. Love to all and Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Dillon is 9 Months Old!

On Sunday, our baby turned 9 months old! Can you believe that?!? We can't. He is growing up so fast. Yesterday I took him to the doctor for his well baby check-up. Here are his stats:

Weight: 18 lbs 8 oz - 25th percentile (the doc said he'll be lean and mean)
Height: 28 1/4" - 50th percentile
Head: 17 1/2" - 25th percentile
Dillon is very interactive. He babbling, says "dada" and grabs at everything he can! He always wants to feel things. He's very strong too!
I couldn't decide which photo to use, so I'm uploading them all...
And for comparison and fun, here are Lily's 9 month photos. She was crawling and pulling herself up! Dillon is close but not quite there yet!

Merry Christmas from our little angels!

Anson and I feel so blessed to have such happy, healthy children! We hope you all have a great holiday season!
And, I realized I forgot to post the first part of our day on Sunday. We met Ken & Jen at Applebee's. The kids exchanged gifts. Lily got a beautiful Ariel doll and Dillon got a really cool soft race car. Zachary got a G.I. Joe action figure, which he calls "B.I. Joe" and a Toy Story Memory game. I love this time of year!